Conversation scholars examine the costs and effectiveness of tutoring in the US.
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Tutoring can go for a short burst to prepare for an exam or it may be a regular thing to help with ongoing learning.
Some parents did speak of tutoring as a way of securing entry into a specific school. But they were in the minority. Most spoke of using it to help fix academic problems, temporary and ongoing.
The parents of high achieving students often think of selective entry schools as the ideal option for their child. But do these schools churn out well-rounded young adults, or students trained for exams and little else?
Private tutoring is used by many parents around the world to supplement their children’s education and boost their chances of success at school. In England, several surveys have estimated the prevalence…
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Emerita Professor of Psychology in Education, Department of Psychology and Human Development, UCL
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